Goals For This WordPress Install Guide

By the end of this WordPress blog install and set up guide, you will have set up:

  1. Your website:
    1. A blog accessible at yourdomain.com.
    2. A contact page with contact form  [LINK]
    3. An about page   [LINK] that tells people who you are
    4. A site map [LINK] for visitors, (and a secondary one for Google)
    5. Optional: If you migrate from an existing, free blog [LINK] on WordPress.com, we’ll discuss how to ensure all your old posts from your previous blog are imported and available to readers at the new website.
  2. Email - Email address you@yourdomain.com
  3. Statistics
    1. Install Google Analytics [LINK] so you can see statistics about your visitors
    2. Install Feedburner [LINK] for statistics on RSS Subscribers
  4. Reading and Subscribing
    1. Set up Blog Email subscriptions [LINK] for your subscribers
    2. Add a copyright notice, link back to your blog and other such information to your RSS Feed and Email Subscriptions
    3. Show readers similar posts from your blog [LINK] on your blog posts, in your RSS feed, and in email subscriptions
    4. Show readers the best/most popular posts on your blog [LINK]
    5. Set up a favicon for your blog [LINK] (the icon that appears in your address bar)
  5. Comments:
    1. Set up threaded comments on your blog posts [LINK]
    2. Allo user avatars on comments [LINK]
    3. Manage blog comments over email [LINK]. We’ll set up the ability for you to respond to, approve and even mark as spam comments via email.
  6. Backups:  Set up process to backup your blog [LINK]
  7. Plugins – Discuss how to install, set up and upgrade wordpress plugins [LINK]
  8. Blog Design/Themes
    1. Walkthrough step by step how to install a wordpress theme [LINK]
    2. Install and customize “Widgets” – the items in the sidebar of your blog [LINK]

Sound daunting? It doesn’t need to be – just follow these direction.  Let’s get started by first registering your domain [LINK]

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